may and june of 1942 stopped the japanese advance west and began the american push back toward the...
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War Strategies
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CORAL SEA/MIDWAY May and June of 1942 Stopped the Japanese advance West
and began the American push back toward the mainland
Four carriers and 300 planes destroyed
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CORAL SEA/MIDWAY• May and June of 1942• Stopped the Japanese advance West and
began the American push back toward the mainland
• Four carriers and 300 planes destroyed
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MIDWAY
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ISLAND HOPPING
Developed by Admiral Chester Nimitz
Allowed U.S. to bypass heavily fortified islands to those closer to Japan.
Essentially worked to cut off supply lines to those islands held by Japanese
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LEYTE GULF One of the largest naval battles of all
time Introduced kamikaze pilots
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IWO JIMA
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OKINAWA Kamikazes
inflict major damage
50,000 American casualties and 100,000 Japanese killed
U.S. can reach mainland Japan
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ATOMIC BOMB Dropped on
Hiroshima August 6 & Nagasaki August 9 1945
Unconditional, formal surrender September 2, 1945
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ATLANTIC THEATER
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BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC Convey system
used to protect allied ships from U-boats
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NORTHERN AFRICA/ITALY Battle for Northern Africa begins in
1942 led by Eisenhower and Montgomery.
Germans driven off Africa and retreat to Italy by May of 1943
Mussolini falls from power in 1943 and allies invade Italy in September of 1943 and stay there fighting until end of war May 1945
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D-DAY June 6, 1944 Largest invasion by sea in history British Canadian, and French forces all
contribute Paris falls by August By September German border crossed Battle of Bulge was last German
offensive War ends with invasion of Berlin by
the Soviets from the East and Americans from the West
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Holocaust Rumors persisted since 1942 with the
final solution actually decided in late 1941
Pictures of camp 6 million jews killed 12-13 million total